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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-22 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-08
Watchouts
Cash
£80K
+17.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£49K
-44.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £879,000 | £839,000 | |
| Operating profit | £89,000 | £49,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £89,000 | £49,000 | |
| Net profit | £89,000 | £49,000 | |
| Cash | £68,000 | £80,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 | |
| Equity | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
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Turnover
-4.6%
£879,000 £839,000
-
Cash
+17.6%
£68,000 £80,000
-
Net assets
0%
£1,000,000 £1,000,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-44.9%
£89,000 £49,000
-
Profit before tax
-44.9%
£89,000 £49,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 30.64x | 9.74x | |
| Interest cover | 0.36x | 0.24x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared under the going concern concept which assumes that the Company will be able to meet its liabilities when they fall due for the foreseeable future. The Directors have reviewed the Company's financial reporting forecasts and budgets and consider that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence.”
Significant events
- “The Company will continue to develop its systems and processes to meet the regulators' reporting requirements as it will be required to submit the FCA PSD reports for periods starting Jan 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIMLEY, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2025-10-21 | — | — |
| BRIMLEY, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2025-10-21 | Nov 1976 | British |
| FENNE, Simon, Mr. | Director | 2024-07-23 | Mar 1965 | British |
| GOODYEAR, Susan Louise | Director | 2019-05-28 | Aug 1965 | British |
| LAWSON, Tracy Jane | Director | 2025-05-19 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEYNE, Brian | Secretary | 2009-09-01 | 2025-10-21 |
| CHICKEN, Stephen William | Secretary | 1995-03-08 | 1998-12-31 |
| HALL, Roger John | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 2009-09-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-08 | 1995-03-08 |
| BANYARD, Helen Margaret Ann | Director | 1998-07-14 | 2000-07-18 |
| BATTEN, Christopher Richard, Reverend | Director | 1995-05-16 | 1997-05-30 |
| BELL, Christine Elizabeth | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2009-07-22 |
| CANTIERI, Marianne Ewart | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| CARSON, Lisa | Director | 2009-07-22 | 2011-04-16 |
| CHATER, Vivienne | Director | 2022-01-25 | 2024-08-22 |
| CHEYNE, Brian | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2025-10-21 |
| CHICKEN, Stephen William | Director | 1995-03-08 | 1998-12-31 |
| COOPER, Graham Peter | Director | 1996-05-14 | 1998-07-14 |
| DRAKE, Jean Lesley Patricia, Baroness | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2003-02-06 |
| EDWARDS, Kenneth John Richard, Dr | Director | 1998-01-27 | 2000-07-31 |
| EVANS, Rosalind | Director | 2011-04-16 | 2014-08-01 |
| GALL, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2006-07-13 |
| HEDGES, Miles Stuart | Director | 1999-04-19 | 2016-12-31 |
| HISBENT, Matthew Frederick | Director | 1995-03-08 | 1996-02-16 |
| HOLDEN, Laurence James | Director | 2021-05-10 | 2021-08-20 |
| HOLDEN, Laurence James | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| HOLDEN, Laurence James | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2017-07-28 |
| JONES, Joan Ruth | Director | 2006-07-14 | 2007-07-23 |
| KENWARD, Martin John | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| KING, Robert Charles | Director | 1998-07-14 | 2008-07-14 |
| LEVEY, Alison Elizabeth | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2002-06-19 |
| MACARTE, Nicholas | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2025-05-01 |
| MAHER, Edmond Patrick, Doctor | Director | 1995-03-08 | 2000-11-01 |
| MAYES, Rosemary Susan | Director | 2001-05-15 | 2008-07-14 |
| MCEWEN, Christina Lynn | Director | 2004-03-02 | 2008-10-26 |
| NIVEN, Helen | Director | 1997-07-15 | 2006-12-31 |
| RAINS, Julie | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2008-06-10 |
| SIMPSON, Nicola | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2018-10-22 |
| SMITH, Norman Henry | Director | 1995-03-08 | 1998-02-24 |
| STEWART, Beverley Louise | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2013-05-08 |
| TRAYNOR, Paul James | Director | 2019-12-19 | 2021-06-21 |
| TUDOR, Ruth Graham | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| ZUYDAM, David Mel | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2017-10-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-08 | 1995-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.